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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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