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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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