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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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