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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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