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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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