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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key 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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