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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify 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 innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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