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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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