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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free 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. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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