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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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