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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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