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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the exciting 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 considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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