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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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