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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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