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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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