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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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