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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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