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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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