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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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