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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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