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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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