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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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