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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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