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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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