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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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