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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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