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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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