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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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