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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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