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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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