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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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