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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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