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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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