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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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