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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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