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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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