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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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