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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not 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 lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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