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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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