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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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