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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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