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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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