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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key 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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