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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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