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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not 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 topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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