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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are 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 several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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