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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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