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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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