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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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