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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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