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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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