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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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