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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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