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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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