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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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