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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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