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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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