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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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