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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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