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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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