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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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