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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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