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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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