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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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