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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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