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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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