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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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