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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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