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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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