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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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