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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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