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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online 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 a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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