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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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