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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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