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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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