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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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