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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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