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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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