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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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