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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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