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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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