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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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