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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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