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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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