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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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