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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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