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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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