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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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