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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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