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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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