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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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