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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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