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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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