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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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