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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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