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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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