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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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