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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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