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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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