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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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