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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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