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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not 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 numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key 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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