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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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