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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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