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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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