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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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