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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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