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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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