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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates 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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