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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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