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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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