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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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