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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses 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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