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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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