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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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