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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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