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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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