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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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