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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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