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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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