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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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