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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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