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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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