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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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