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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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