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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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