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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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