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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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