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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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