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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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