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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not 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 education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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