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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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