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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not 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. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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