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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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