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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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