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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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