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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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