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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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