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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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