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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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