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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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