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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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