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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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