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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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