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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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