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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also researches the most important 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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