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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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