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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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