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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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