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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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