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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important 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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