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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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