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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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