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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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