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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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