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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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