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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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