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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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