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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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