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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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