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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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