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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key 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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