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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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