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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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