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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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