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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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