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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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