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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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