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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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