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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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