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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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