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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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