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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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