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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always 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 several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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