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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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