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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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