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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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