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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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