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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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