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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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