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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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