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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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