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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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