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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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