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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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