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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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