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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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