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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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