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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models 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 institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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