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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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