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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major 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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