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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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