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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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