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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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