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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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