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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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