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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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