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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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