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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are 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 variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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