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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major 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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