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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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