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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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