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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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