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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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