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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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