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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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