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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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