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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC 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 several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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