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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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