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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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