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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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