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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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