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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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