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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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