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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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