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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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