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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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