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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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