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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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