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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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