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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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