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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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