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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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