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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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