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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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