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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. 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 e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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