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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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