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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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