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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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