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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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