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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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