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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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