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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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