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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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