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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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