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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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