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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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