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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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