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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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