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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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