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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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