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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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