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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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