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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. 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 massive online courses are normally 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 blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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