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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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