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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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