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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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