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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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