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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key 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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