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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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