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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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