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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. 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. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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