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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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