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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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