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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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