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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are 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 several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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