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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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