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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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