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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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