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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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