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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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