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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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