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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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