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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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