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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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