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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates 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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