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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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