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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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