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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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