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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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