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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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