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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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