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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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