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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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