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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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