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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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