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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major 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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