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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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