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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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