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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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