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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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