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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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