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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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