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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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