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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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