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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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