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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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