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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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