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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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