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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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