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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major 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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