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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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