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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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