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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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