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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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