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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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