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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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