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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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