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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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