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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the 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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