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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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