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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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