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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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