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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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