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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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 massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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