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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with 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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