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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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