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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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