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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually 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. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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