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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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