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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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