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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the 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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