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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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