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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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