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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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