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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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