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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)