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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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