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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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