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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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