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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different 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 stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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