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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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