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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business 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 participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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