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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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