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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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