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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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