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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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