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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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