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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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