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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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