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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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