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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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