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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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