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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently 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 lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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