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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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