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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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