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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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