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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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