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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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