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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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