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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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