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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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