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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies 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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