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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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