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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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