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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure 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 massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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