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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly 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. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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