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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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