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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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