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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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