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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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