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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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