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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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