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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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