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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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