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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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