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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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