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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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