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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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