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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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