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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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