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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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