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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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