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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major 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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