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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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