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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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