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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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