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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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