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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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