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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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