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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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