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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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