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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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