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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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