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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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