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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free 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 a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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