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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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