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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major 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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