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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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