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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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