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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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