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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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