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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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