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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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