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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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