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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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