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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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