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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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