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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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