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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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