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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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