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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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