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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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