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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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