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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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