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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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