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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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