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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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