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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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