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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology enable students all over 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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