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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the 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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