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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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