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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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