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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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