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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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