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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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