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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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