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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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