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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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