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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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