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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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