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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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