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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major 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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