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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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