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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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