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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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