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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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