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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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