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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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