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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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