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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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