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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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