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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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