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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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