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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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