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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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