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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students 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 several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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