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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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 MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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