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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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