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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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