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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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