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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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