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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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