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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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