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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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