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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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