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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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