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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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