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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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