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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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