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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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