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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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