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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models 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 participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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