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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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