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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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