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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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