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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates 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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