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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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