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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always 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 topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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