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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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