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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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