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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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