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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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