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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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