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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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