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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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