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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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