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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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