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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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