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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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