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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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