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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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