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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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