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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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