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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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