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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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