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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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