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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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