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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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