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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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