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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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