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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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