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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 blended learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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