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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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