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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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