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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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