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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key 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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