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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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