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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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