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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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