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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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