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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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