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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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