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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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