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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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