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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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