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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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