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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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