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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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