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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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