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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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