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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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