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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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