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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. 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 issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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