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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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