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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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