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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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