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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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