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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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