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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free 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 many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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