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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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