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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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