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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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