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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not 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 issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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