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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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