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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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