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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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