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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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