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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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