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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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