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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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