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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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